The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 24, 2024
The Marl Pit at Mulcent: Evening
after 1857
(French, 1814–1873)
Framed: 64.2 x 115.8 x 7.7 cm (25 1/4 x 45 9/16 x 3 1/16 in.); Unframed: 47.6 x 99.2 cm (18 3/4 x 39 1/16 in.)
Bequest of Noah L. Butkin 1980.245
Location: not on view
Description
Marl is a crumbly mixture of clays, calcium, and magnesium carbonates, often used as fertilizer for lime-deficient soils.- Painter Charles François Daubigny by 1874. His collection sale, Paris, Drouot, 14 April 1891 (lot 49), Paysage; soleil couchant, peinture sur papier marouflé sur toile, 48 x 100 cm. Galerie Berne Bellecour, Paris 1893. E. Martinet by 1894. Martinet collection sale, Paris, Drouot, 27 February 1896 (lot 51), La marnière de Mulcent; effet du soir. Dr. Salathé-Dietz. Paris sale, Drouot, 14 December 1976 (lot 76), Paysage: soleil couchant, 48 x 100 cm. Galerie Delestre, Paris. Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin, Cleveland. Bequeathed to the CMA in 1980.
- Argencourt, Louise d', and Roger Diederen. Catalogue of Paintings. Pt. 4. European Paintings of the 19th Century. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 130-131, Vol. I, no. 49
- La nascita dell'impressionismo. Casa dei Carraresi, 31100 Treviso, Italy (September 9, 2000-January 14, 2001).Treviso, Italy: Casa Dei Carreresi (organized by Linea d'ombra srl in Conegliano, Italy) (9/9/00-1/14/01) "La nascita dell'impressionismo"exh. cat. no. 73, p. 176-177.Year in Review: 1980. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 24-July 19, 1981).Paris, École Nationale des Beaux-Arts. Tableaux, études et dessins de Chintreuil (1874), no. 126, La marnière de Mulcent; effet du soir, app. à C. Daubigny.
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